It depends on what type of caterpillar you are talking about. For instance, the woolly bear (or worm) stays in its cocoon from an average of ten to fifteen days. There are oth â¦ er ranges, of course, but that is because woolly bear caterpillars are so common throughout the world.
Temperature is the measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules in a substance.
Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the  particles in an object. Temperatures also measure how kinetic  energy is not how hot or cold it is. It's measu â¦ ring what the amount  of kinetic energy there when you throw something in the air and it  comes back down.